The McNeese Department of Visual Arts is pleased to announce the showing of the Worrier King by Kurt Kemp. The Worrier King is a series of elaborate prints embellished with hand-coloring and the use of chine colle. Kemp will be also be exhibiting The Drunken Boat. The work is a unique livre d'artiste, a portfolio of five hand-colored prints created to accompany the text by Arthur Rimbaud.Kemp is Professor of Studio Arts-Printmaking at Sonoma State University. He describes his work as a cross between contemporary pop culture and late 19th century poetry, full of dark absurdity, twisted irony and a delight in the ridiculous.
In conjunction with the gallery exhibition Kemp will be conducting a chine colle workshop Thursday, October 29 in the Printmaking Studio, room 126 in the Shearman Fine Arts Center.
The artist will present a gallery talk Wednesday, October 28 at 2:30 p.m. The opening reception will be Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. The events are free and open to the public.
The Abercrombie Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is located in the Shearman Fine Arts Center. The exhibition runs through November 14.
For further information, please contact the Department of Visual Arts.
337-475-5060.
